Periodontal Treatments for Dental Implants - Tampa, FL
Experience Expert Periodontal Care for Dental Implants
Rebuilding Your Smile Starts with a Strong Foundation
Dental implants depend on more than just the implant itself. Without a solid foundation, implants can fail or develop complications down the road.
Periodontics focuses on creating and maintaining that foundation, ensuring your implants stay strong and stable. Whether you’re preparing for implant surgery or need help protecting existing implants, periodontal care in Tampa, FL, with Westchase Smiles Institute safeguards your investment for a lifetime.
How We Support Implant Success Through Periodontics
- Evaluate bone and gum health before implant placement
- Perform bone grafting and sinus lifts when needed
- Ensure proper soft tissue support and aesthetics
- Treat or prevent peri-implantitis (infection around implants)
- Provide long-term implant maintenance and care
How Periodontal Care Leads to Implant Success
Stronger Foundation
Bone grafting and ridge preservation strengthen the jaw, giving your implants the support they need to last.
Gum Tissue Shaping
Soft tissue grafts and contouring create healthy, natural-looking gums around your implants.
Long-Term Implant Health
Preventive and corrective periodontal care protects against peri-implantitis and ensures your implants remain secure for years to come.
Our Customized Soft Tissue Treatments
Bone grafting is often the first step in preparing your jaw for dental implants. If you’ve been living with missing teeth or wearing dentures for a long time, or if you have a history of gum disease or injuries to your jaw, you may have lost bone volume or density. Bone grafting enables us to add bone tissue where it’s needed, creating a stronger foundation and ensuring that your implants integrate securely and provide lasting stability.
When teeth are missing toward the back of the upper jaw, the sinus cavity often expands and reduces available bone height. Sinus augmentation, or a sinus lift, is a procedure to carefully raise the sinus floor and add bone material to create space for implants.
This enables stable implant placement even in areas previously considered too challenging. It’s a highly predictable procedure that increases success rates for upper jaw implants.
After a tooth is extracted, the surrounding bone and gum tissue often begin to shrink. Ridge preservation helps maintain natural bone volume by placing grafting material immediately after an extraction. This prevents the collapse of the ridge and provides a stable site for future implant placement. With this approach, your implant process becomes smoother and more predictable.
Healthy gums are just as important as strong bone for implant success. Soft tissue grafts add volume and strength to thin or receding gums around your implants. This improves both the stability of the implant and the natural appearance of your smile. Grafts also help protect implants from bacteria and reduce the risk of future complications.
Crown lengthening reshapes the gum and bone tissue around your teeth or implants to achieve a more balanced smile. This procedure can expose more of the crown of a tooth or implant, making your smile look natural and proportional.
It’s often recommended when the gumline appears uneven or too “gummy.” Beyond aesthetics, it also helps with proper restoration placement for long-term success.
Peri-implantitis is an infection of the gum and bone tissue around implants that can lead to failure if untreated.
Our team specializes in diagnosing and treating this condition before it worsens. Treatment may involve deep cleaning, regenerative procedures, or laser therapy to restore health. With timely care, many implants can be saved and maintained for years to come.
Your Treatment Process with Periodontics
Before moving forward with dental implants, we’ll perform a thorough periodontal evaluation to assess the health of your gums and bone. If you have active gum disease in the area, we provide effective treatments, including laser therapy, to restore a healthy foundation for your new smile. Addressing these issues first ensures your implant has the best chance for long-term success. Healthy gums are the cornerstone of lasting implant results.
Every smile is unique, which is why we’ll create a completely personalized surgical plan before beginning your treatment. We utilize the most advanced diagnostic imaging to precisely map out the ideal location for each implant. Our goal is to ensure precision and comfort while setting the stage for a smooth procedure. Careful preparation is the key to predictable, natural-looking outcomes.
We’ll place your dental implants with precision to achieve the best fit and stability. We use advanced techniques to minimize discomfort and promote fast healing. For implant-supported dentures, each implant is strategically positioned to provide a strong foundation for your future teeth.
Whenever possible, we’ll provide temporary teeth the same day as your implant surgery. This means you leave our office with a functional and natural-looking smile right away.
As your implants heal and integrate with the bone, we will closely monitor your progress to ensure everything is on track. Once healing is complete, your custom-crafted final restoration is attached for a lasting, beautiful result.
It’s Never Too Late for Your Smile
If you already have dental implants in Tampa, FL, and are worried about your gum health, peri-implantitis, or bone support, we can help!
Early intervention saves implants from failure, restoring your smile and your peace of mind. Our periodontal treatments are designed to protect your investment and maintain your smile’s strength for life.